Michelle Mae

Michelle Mae
Michelle Mae
Background information
Birth name	Michelle Mae
Origin	Washington, United States
Genres	Rock 'n' roll, post-punk
Occupation	Musician
Instrument(s)	Bass guitar, vocals
Years active	1990–present
Labels	Kill Rock Stars, Dischord, K, Southern

Michelle Mae is an American musician from the state of Washington, who is known for playing in rock 'n' roll groups such as The Make-Up and Weird War.

Biography

Mae began playing with underground bands in Olympia, Washington in the mid-1990s, including a single recording with Witchy Poo,^[2] and a period with Kill Rock Stars artists The Frumpies^[3] before moving to Washington, D.C. to help form The Make-Up in 1995. After The Make-Up dissolved in 2000, Mae joined Weird War with some of her former Make-Up band mates.

Her style is heavily funk inflected, influenced by Funkadelic's Billy "Bass" Nelson, Larry Graham, and The Slits, as well as Northwest stalwarts Dead Moon.^{[citation needed]}

Typically focusing on the bass guitar, in Weird War she plays a Fender Jazz Bass through a Sunn cabinet, though in The Make-Up she often played Hagström and Epiphone guitars through Kustom amplifiers.^{[citation needed]}

Mae is based in Washington, D.C., where she continues to work as a musician and practitioner of mysticism.^[4]

Discography

Witchy Poo

7 inch singles

Mixed Metaphor (Kill Rock Stars/5RC) (released 1995, recorded 1992–1994)

The Frumpies

Albums

Frumpie One Piece (Kill Rock Stars/5RC) (1998)

7 inch singles

Babies & Bunnies (Kill Rock Stars/5RC) (1993)
Safety First (Wiiija) (1993)

The Make-Up

Studio albums

Destination: Love - Live! At Cold Rice (Dischord) (1996)
Sound Verite (K Records) (1997)
In Mass Mind (Dischord) (1998)
Save Yourself (K Records) (1999)
I Want Some (singles compilation) (K Records) (1999)

Live albums

After Dark (Dischord) (1997)
Untouchable Sound - Live! (Drag City/Sea Note) (2006)

DVD / video

Blue is Beautiful (included on In Film/On Video) (Dischord) (1998)
In Film/On Video (Dischord) (2006)

Weird War

Studio albums

Weird War (Drag City) (2002)
I Suck on that Emotion (as Scene Creamers) (Drag City) (2003)
If You Can't Beat 'Em, Bite 'Em (Drag City) (2004)
Illuminated by the Light (Drag City) (2005)

DVD / video

appears on Burn to Shine 01: Washington DC 01.14.2004 (Trixie) (2005)

References

^ Gale, Thomas (2005). "The Make-Up Biography". eNotes. Archived from the original on 2006-11-15. Retrieved 2007-06-13.
^ "Witchy Poo Recordings". 5 Rue Christine. Archived from the original on 2007-01-23. Retrieved 2007-05-23.
^ "Frumpies". Kill Rock Stars. Archived from the original on 2007-06-12. Retrieved 2007-05-23.
^ Mae, Michelle (2005-02-20). "The Dignificant Worm". Weird War. Archived from the original on 2007-09-16. Retrieved 2007-05-23.

External links

Official Weird War website

[Make-Up_biography-1] Gale, Thomas (2005). "The Make-Up Biography". eNotes. Archived from the original on 2006-11-15. Retrieved 2007-06-13.

[Witchy_Poo-2] "Witchy Poo Recordings". 5 Rue Christine. Archived from the original on 2007-01-23. Retrieved 2007-05-23.

[Frumpies_Factsheet-3] "Frumpies". Kill Rock Stars. Archived from the original on 2007-06-12. Retrieved 2007-05-23.

[MM-4] Mae, Michelle (2005-02-20). "The Dignificant Worm". Weird War. Archived from the original on 2007-09-16. Retrieved 2007-05-23.

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